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DAM-L ACTION: Appeal for Assaulted Nepali Dam Activist (fwd)
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subject: ACTION: Appeal for Assaulted Nepali Dam Activist
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Gopal Siwakoti 'Chintan' is a leading anti-dam activist in Nepal.
From: INHURED International
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:55 PM
Subject: Appeal for Chintan
PHYSICAL ASSULT AGAINST GOPAL SIWAKOTI 'CHINTAN'
REQUEST FOR URGENT ACTION APPEAL
(Please Help Circulate It to Others that You Know)
January 23, 2001
Dear friends,
This is Neeru Shrestha, Programme Director at INHURED International.
I do not know how many of you know Mr. Gopal Siwakoti 'Chintan',
Executive Director of INHURED International, human rights lawyer and
environmental activist. And I also do not know whether you know about
the recent incident of physical assult that took place against him on
January 17, 2001.
The details are as below:
On January 17th evening around 7:00 pm, he was called by a stranger
to pick up a packet from America for his son Nitanta. The lady-voice
said that it was her brother who brought this packet and that they
wanted to deliver it to him as it was very urgent. He was told to
come out in the street around 8:35 as they reportedly did not know
his place. So he went out and waited for about 15 minutes at the main
road at the cross section of Kalikasthan and Anamnagar which is
near the office of INHURED International or just outside the Home
Ministry and Singh Durbar, the Prime Minister's Office complex. Mr.
Chintan leaves in one little room of the same office space at INHURED
International.
According to him, no one showed up until 8:55 or so and he was
thinking of coming back. All of a sudden, he was hit from the back
and he immediately got unconscious. When he woke up no one was there
to be seen. He could not move. He was badly hurt. He got a feeling of
lying on his bed but he also thought that how come he could be on the
street like this. Then he realised that he was at the main road.
Later on, in about 15 minutes or so, he saw two passers-by walking on
the road and he asked for their help to take him to the INHURED's
office gate, about 20 meters from the place of the incident, and they
did. They told him that they saw three people running away.
Fortunately, we were still working in the office that evening so we
were able to take him to near-by Kathmandu Model Hospital. His whole
head, body and face was full of blood and he was not able to walk at
all.
As soon as he was admitted to the Emergency Unit of this private
hospital, the doctor on duty informed the police of the incident and
asked them whether they would come as per the rule and prepare a
police report. But the police completely ignored the call and
told that we can report them in their office whenever we are done
with the medical treatment, and they declined to be present. He was
discharged on January 18, 2001 -- the following day.
He is now being treated on a regular basis at B & B Hospital and is
under the supervsion of Dr. Ashok Banskota. He is taking complete
rest for at least another six weeks. He has a big wound at the back
of his head. His nose is broken. There are several little wounds on
his face and other parts of the body. His right knee is seriously
fractured. He cannot walk but can read and write.
Regarding legal action, the Firsthand Information Report (FIR) was
filed on January 18th evening in local police station with all the
details but as of today there is no any response or inquiry into the
matter. Several human rights groups have called upon the government
for the immediate investigation of the incident and take appropriate
legal action.
In such situation, we would like to request you for your urgent
intervention into this matter and urge the Government of Nepal asking
for the immediate inquiry and investigation, bringing the culprits
before justice and ensure full security and safety of human rights
activists in the country.
Please let us also know if you make any phone calls or send appeals
by fax or e-mails to any one or all of the following:
Government officials, agencies and/or institutions:
Rt. Honourable Girija Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister, His Majesty's
Government of Nepal, Singh Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, fax:
00977-1-227286, tel: 227955, 228555.
Honourable Ram Prasad Paudel, Deputy Prime Minister and Home
Minister, His Majesty's Government of Nepal, Singh Durbar, Kathmandu,
Nepal, fax: 00977-1-227187, tel: 228024, 227853. E-mail:
<mailto:homehmg@wlink.com.np>homehmg@wlink.com.np
Honourable Pradeep Shamsher Rana, Inspector-General of Police, Naxal,
Kathmandu, Nepal, fax: 00977-1-415593, tel: 412737. E-mail:
<mailto:phqcs1@vishnu.ccsl.com.np>phqcs1@vishnu.ccsl.com.np
Honourable Naina Bahadur Khatri, Chairperson, National Human Rights
Commission, Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal, fax: 00977-1-547973, tel:
525679. E-mail: <mailto:nhrc@ntc.net.np>nhrc@ntc.net.np
Mr. Sindhu Nath Pyakurel, President, Nepal Bar Association, Supreme
Court Building, Kathmandu, Nepal, fax: 00977-1-262755, tel: 248595.
The Media:
Gorkhapatra Daily, <mailto:gopa@mos.com.np>gopa@mos.com.np
The Kathmandu Post Daily, <mailto:kanti@kpost.mos.com.np>kanti@kpost.mos.com.np
Nepal Samacharpatra Daily, <mailto:kamana@wlink.com.np>kamana@wlink.com.np
Himalaya Times Daily, <mailto:himtimes@htp.com.npSpace>himtimes@htp.com.np
Space Time Daily, <mailto:space@wlink.com.np>space@wlink.com.np
Nepali Times Weekly, <mailto:editors@nepalitimes.com>editors@nepalitimes.com
Himal South Asia, <mailto:editors@himalmedia.com>editors@himalmedia.com
FOR A COPY OF YOUR ACTION:
Neeru Shrestha, Programme Director
INHURED International
(International Institute for Human Rights, Environment and Development)
P.O. Box 2125, New Plaza, Putalisadak, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: 00977-1-429741 Fax: 00977-1-419610.
E-mails: <mailto:inhured@enet.com.np>inhured@enet.com.np,
<mailto:inhuredinternational@hotmail.com>inhuredinternational@hotmail.
com
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